Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-31
ASUNMER'S VISIT TO EUROPE
The Experience Of Franz Sepel Of Boston
Fame.
SENATOR hAWLEY At SEA
A Game OF Draw-Chestcr A. Arthur
Jr., q Passenger--1ndepen
Day On Water-An Agrce.
able Crowd.

LEAMrNGroS, England July IS. 1851
Especial Correspondence of the BEE. l.
Perhaps the most difficult part of writing
a letter is making the beginning, aud as
1 sit in tho pleasant little coflee-room of
thoroughly old-fashioned English inn,
"The Crown,"I am doubly impressed
with the Importance and difficulty Of a
good beginning, partly because l want it
to be interesting, and partly because |
have such a variety of starting points.
However, this delightfully."- long English
twilight will not last forever. besides We
must be off for Oxford early in the morn.
ing, and my hasty conclusion Is that it Is
better to begin Mt the beginning. This
carries me back through period OF
about two weeks. when on the far-off
coast of New England in the miserably
slow going town of New London, crowds
and crowds Of young men were to DO
seen surging to and fro through the
crooked streets some marching about
with the triumphant tread of victory,
singing, cheering, or giving vent to their
inexpressible Joy with fireworks and
cannon.crackers. others walking about
with long drawn faces, or sitting defect
edly in hotel corridors patiently waiting
for that "beastly slow train or "old
hulk of boat which would take them
to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, any
place outside of New London or New
Haven ana away from "these blasted,
howIing Yale men," 1t ,s perhaps use
less for me TO say that on that day had
been rowcd the annual eight cared boat
race between
HARVARD AND YALE,
and that the latter had been victOrio us
Neither need l mention on which side Of
the contest my sympathies lay, as l was
one of the many ill.favored individuals
who were waiting for the sound steamer
to New York. had gone to New Lon
don with the firm intention of boreing
the readers of the BEE with glowing
description of the race, the start, the fin.
ish, tho great observation train, the gaud.
wind up with vigorous three times three
for the victorious crimson. But no! Fate
and the bob Cook stroke" willed it
otherwise. Let us pass the racc 1t Is
unpleasant to talk of ones own funeral.
Perhaps l ought also to pass tho trip
down to New York, but il any Of your
readers have ever gone over the same
course on a beautiful July evening under
full moon they will certainly thank
romance of the thing soon faded away
when we found that the state rooms had
all been engaged and thai rather than
sleep in the close and not always unin.
habfted berths, we were 10 pass the
night on the chairs or floor of the dining
saloon.
we got into New York at 8 the next
morning, and busy time we had during
the next few hours. We were to sail for
Europe that same afternoon at B and had
endless little traps to get together for the
voyage.
A summers visit to Europe-I hardly
know how to treat it. Much has been
written on the same old subjects, and
then you often hear il remarked that
EVERYBODY GnEs TO EEfoPE
! n..ccwadAys, in fact one is rather behind
the times who has not been there.
II is true that very many
OF the weli.to-do classes OF
the east have been across the
has been to Europe is the exception.
Being from the west myself send, as il
were, to my own neighbors, these hasty
and ill-constructed lines, in the hope
that they may not be entirely unworthy
| of perusal.
They will be lines not of description al
| together, nor yet rehaoh of guide
books or formidable array Of dry facts
They will be merely story of the per.
| couple of poor and untitled Americans
on a short vacation tour through the
most interesting parts of England and
the continent, with now and then him
which may be of service to any one who
contemplates making the same trip.
| Necessities for the ocean voyage nat
urally come first. land Of these good warn
clothing, a heavy winter OvercOat, or q
steamer rug, which is merely heavy
WOODEN blanket, and steamer chair are
the most important. The tourists mus
summer the weather on the Nortl
Atlantic is apt to be cold. shall not de
scribe the start-kisses, tears handshak
ing, "good-byes," God bless you's,
waving of handkerchlefs-the same ois
story. then with long blast of the whis
tie, the Cunard steamship AuranI,
backed majestically from the dock ant
began another voyage across the treacher
Gus Atlantic. During the
| EIGHT DAYS AT SEA
we had all kinds of weather and sea-
warm, cold, rough, smooth. For tw'
d days the weather was extremely warm
ana our heavy wraps were burden
We could have had no less breeze and n,
more sultry air if we had Deen goini
west from New York instead of east
But on the morning of the third day ther
was change. There was heavy swell
the wind had risen, and the heavy sal
spray washed over the hurricane dec
with every wave. "rhis is the weathe
for sessickness," the doctor told me as
came on deck. and was not long il
learning the truth of his statement. Blu
/ shall not dwell on the hol
rors of seasickness. 1t Is enoug
to say that there is nothin
which will drive away the fears of shin
wreck so quickly as few hours Of sea
sickness. Is even makes one feel a
though he were brave enough to jun
overheard, or do ANYTHING to get AVA
from the horrible, sickeping, unceasine
swell, up, down, up, down.
fortunately it is all over in a couple G
days, or even sooner, il one does not Civ
up to 1t, and stays bravely on deck in tn
fresh air, which Is the best known rem
edy for the disease.
Our ship, the Aurania, is one OF the be:
OF probably the best and safest line tn
Cunard. which claims the record of neve
having lost a life. Its galleys do nc
serve up so many rare delicacies nor an
free wine, as is done on the French lint